Yesterday was Global Citizen 2015 Earth Day, which was celebrated with a concert and other festivities on the National Mall. While the concert itself was powered by solar energy, the attendees could have learned a lesson or two about taking care of planet Earth.

For instance, check out these trash and recycling cans I spotted near the National Mall, close to the Washington Monument:

On April 22, 1970, millions of people took to the streets for ’60s-style demonstrations and marches, calling attention to the perilous pollution of America’s land, air and water. Ten thousand flocked to the Washington Monument for a folk music concert featuring Pete Seeger and U.S. Sen. Edmund Muskie.

Today, Earth Day isn’t just a national event; it’s a global phenomenon. And it’s not just one day; it’s a whole week.

“It is now the largest secular event in the world,” Kathleen Rogers, president of the Earth Day Network, told NBC News. “We have over 1 billion participants from 192 countries.”

The Tea Party has a reputation for leaving public spaces cleaner than they found them. Funny how the media usually fails to point that out in their coverage of such events.

Don’t spoil the feel-good buzz these “sincere” folks have from celebrating. It isn’t about action. It’s about raising awareness. Being conscious of human destruction. It’s about a conversation. It’s about…..

They say the TEA party people are the louts. Seems to me that this is proof otherwise. Of course, in the next few days, some liberal state controlled media talking head (redundancy I know) will blame the mess on them (TEA party)

True enough, but hardly news. This has been the case after every single Earth Day concert or major function on public property since the very first.

But that’s cool, because it isn’t about the environment anymore – that was addressed directly and pretty much cleaned up – it is instead about giving more control over the lives and economic opportunities of individuals and businesses to centralized bureaucracies (composed, of course, of Earth Day people), primarily by raising the cost of energy and regulating its use.

Pfft. Silly you for assuming environmentalism is about protecting the enviornment. As with everything else it’s about furthering a special interest and that’s all. You can trash the environment as long as you vote in favor of carbon credits and other ‘global warming’ initiatives. Just like you can rap songs with all sorts of mysoginistic lyrics as long as you vote for free birth control and abortions.

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